In the past, in order to recruit employees you have to advertise opportunities in the local papers or hire local advertising agencies to put up bills on sidewalks and light posts. Today, notwithstanding the “post no bills” policies of most modern cities, recruiting employees via these methods is laughably obsolete.

Around 50% of all the people in North America use Facebook for recruiting, for example. Social media is a more up-to-date method for finding great people. Check out our infographic on social media for recruitment.

Rob Rawson is a co-founder of Staff.com, a global recruitment platform where you can access very talented staff at affordable rates. They also have a technology called Time Doctor which is software to improve productivity and help keep track and know what your team is working on, even when working from home.

Rob resides in Sydney, Australia but can also be found in major cities around the globe, like Paris, Kiev or San Francisco.

Thanks for this information. Wonder how many of the recruiting companies are using social media just to source candidates. The real power of social media will get unleashed when they start engaging candidates and building talent communities. http://wp.me/p2Rbcx-50